Artemisia vulgaris, mugwort - magic-plants ethnobotany

Artemisia vulgaris, mugwort

Botanical names: Artemisia vulgaris, Absinthium spicatum, Artemisia affinis, Artemisia coarctata, Artemisia, Artemisia officinalis, Artemisia opulenta		Asteraceae
Common names English: mugwort, common wormwood, wild wormwood Spanish: artemisa, artemisa vulgar, hierba de San Juan French: armoise commune, armoise citronnelle German: Beifuß, Gemeiner Beifuß, Gewürzbeifuß, Wilder Wermut
Active constituents: sesquiterpene lactones, essential oil, flavonoids, polyyne, triterpenes, carotenoids (tetraterpenoids)

Artemisia vulgaris, mugwort, common wormwood

illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants